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02/04/2014
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The map does not establish an official method to identify the amount of fruit beverages. So Idec intends to draw attention to this need for supervision and the importance of this information on the label to help improve consumer choice.
The test done with 31 samples of nectars also reveals that most contain large doses of sugar.
IDEC 31 samples tested in the laboratory nectars seven brands : Activia , Camp , Dafruta , Dell Valley , Fruthos , Maguary Sufresh and in different flavors . The goal was to identify whether the products meet the main requirements of quality and identity provided in the Regulatory Instruction ( IN) No 12/ 2004 of the Ministry of Agriculture , Livestock and Supply (MAPA ) , analyzing items such as fruit content and the amount of sugar for example.
Of the total , 10 products ( 32 % ) were disapproved because it contains the pulp content or fruit juice required by law . According to the standard currently in force , the minimum percentage of fruit varies from 20 % to 40 % , depending on the taste of nectar.
The Maguary had the worst score : three of the five nectars brand reviews have fewer fruit than expected . The Camp , Dafruta , Fruthos Sufresh brands and had each had two flavors failed in this regard . Only Activia drinks and Dell Valley were approved in all flavors .
Ana Paula Bortoletto nutritionist Idec , the test result is serious, especially for the high rate of noncompliance with the law, and by the fact that many consumers find nectar is the same as juice. However , in fact , to be called " juice " , the drink should consist almost exclusively of fruit ( and water in some cases ) and can not contain " foreign " substances , whereas nectar , and presents only a portion fruit , sugar and still contains chemical additives such as colorants and antioxidants. " This confusion [ between nectar and juice ] is reinforced by the conspicuous use of pictures on the packaging of fruit nectars , passing the false impression that the drink is natural ' ," says Paula .
It is noteworthy that , of the 10 products failed , eight are nectar or peach mango flavor , precisely those which, by law, must contain a higher fruit content of 40% . " This result comes as a warning to the authorities now that the new rules for map -based drinks and fruit begin to be implemented . Among them, establishing the percentage increase for fruit nectars and orange grape flavor , " says nutritionist Idec . Under the new standard, the nectars of these flavors should be spending 40 % of pulp or juice to January 2015 , and 50 % by January 2016. Today , the minimum percentage required orange and grape is 30 % .
According to Ana Paula , still it is worrisome that the map does not establish an official method to identify the amount of fruit beverages. " The percentage of this ingredient is provided as an evaluation criterion , but since it was not defined a method for their verification by the regulatory agencies , the parameter loses the purpose of supervision ," criticizes the expert.
Source : IDEC
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